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Research Links Childhood Stress to the Microbiome in Pregnancy, and Suggests Protective Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Posted on December 3, 2020 in Hot Science, Nutrition | 249 Views | Leave a response
By Rachel Benbrook (Hygeia) and Dr. Michelle Perro (GMOScience.org) A multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, doctors, and epidemiologists crafted a fascinating study that looked at how adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, impact the gut microbiome and stress response of pregnant women. The paper on their findings, published in 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Brain, Behavior, and […]

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Neonic Seed Treatments in the (Science) News

Posted on October 27, 2020 in Environmental Impacts, Hot Science, Pesticides | 374 Views | Leave a response
It appears that scientists, and farmers too, are taking a closer look at the ubiquitous use of neonicotinoid seed treatments in US corn, soybean and other crops. Neonics are powerful insecticides used to coat the outside of a wide variety of seeds including grain and oilseed crops. The brightly-dyed layer of pesticide is designed to […]

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California Study Raises the Question: Are Monarchs the New Canary in the Coal Mine?

Posted on June 22, 2020 in Environmental Impacts, Hot Science, Pesticides | 749 Views | Leave a response
Monarch butterflies need milkweed to survive. Declining populations of this iconic butterfly have been driven by many factors, but until recently, one undisputed factor has received the most attention — the loss of milkweed in the wake of the near-universal adoption of Roundup Ready corn, soybean, cotton canola, alfalfa, and sugarbeets.  And these are serious […]

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Early-Life Insecticide Exposure Compromises Brain Development in Bees

Posted on March 5, 2020 in Animals, Environmental Impacts, Hot Science, Pesticides | 453 Views | Leave a response
New science has, for the first time, replicated in a lab experiment the neural impacts on baby bees triggered when foraging adults are exposed to one type of insecticide. The widely used neonicotinoid (“neonic”) insecticide imidacloprid was the focus of the study done by a team at Imperial College London, whose key finding is summarized […]

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Organic Farming May Reduce Food Safety Risk From E. coli, New Study Shows

Posted on September 7, 2019 in Environmental Impacts, Hot Science, Pesticides | 415 Views | Leave a response
A team of researchers from Washington and California have just published a paper revealing some interesting unintended consequences of conventional framing practices, with possibly important implications for food safety. Escherichia coli is a human-pathogenic bacteria that is commonly found in livestock and wildlife manure.  It can end up on produce when manure is used for […]

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Growing Evidence Tracks the Spread of Neonics Up and Through Branches on the Tree of Life

Posted on May 10, 2019 in Animals, Environmental Impacts, Hot Science, Pesticides | 542 Views | Leave a response
A Scientific American piece on neonicotinoid insecticides begins with a fascinating story about a wildlife rehab clinic in Montana. In the 1990s, a “bizarre trend” was noticed — an unusual number and diversity of birth defects in roadkill deer and other big game autopsied at the clinic. Scientists at the clinic pondered what could have […]

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Prenatal and Early-Life Pesticide Exposures Associated with Increased Autism Risk and Severity

Posted on May 3, 2019 in Hot Science, Pesticides | 830 Views | Leave a response
A multidisciplinary research team including epidemiologists, bio-statisticians, and neurologists has identified a link between prenatal and infant pesticide exposure and increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for residents of California’s Central Valley. The UCLA-based team started with a database of almost 3,000 people with a diagnosis of ASD born between 1998-2010 in eight […]

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More Evidence that Herbicides Impact the Gut Microbiome, This Time It’s 2,4-D in Mice

Posted on March 28, 2019 in Hot Science, Pesticides | 483 Views | Leave a response
Another paper was just published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports that identified “microbiome perturbation” following “occupationally relevant” doses of an herbicide (Tu et al., 2019). We have reported before that glyphosate was shown to impact the gut microbiome in honeybees, but this time it was the herbicide 2,4-D administered to laboratory mice.  An auxin herbicide, […]

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New Study: Rats Exposed to Glyphosate at Doses EPA Considers “Safe” Develop Multiple Signs of Reproductive Toxicity

Posted on March 12, 2019 in Hot Science, Pesticides | 489 Views | Leave a response
Scientists funded by the Ramazzini Institute, an international cancer research non-profit based in Italy, have just published the results of a pilot program that studied the impacts of low-dose glyphosate exposure on endocrine functions like sexual development and growth. The research team tested out both glyphosate alone and a formulated glyphsoate-based herbicide (Roundup Bioflow), administering […]

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New Science: Organic Diet Reduces Diabetes Risk

Posted on February 28, 2019 in Hot Science, Organic | 555 Views | Leave a response
The science is piling up about the benefits of organic food. We already know that organic produce, meat, and dairy is often nutritionally superior to conventional options. But now, evidence is mounting of substantial consumer health benefits among those who consistently look for, and purchase organic brands. Research like the large French study (see all our […]

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